GANGSTERLAND: A NOVEL

Book ID/图书代码： 03371014B71464

English Summary/英文概要： Sal Cupertine is a legendary hit man for the Chicago Mafia, known for his ability to get in and out of a crime without a trace. Until now. His first-ever mistake forces Sal to botch an assassination, killing three undercover FBI agents. This puts too much heat on Sal and so – to avoid a death sentence from the Mafia – he agrees to their radical idea to save his own skin. After a few surgeries and some intensive training, Sal Cupertine is gone, disappeared into Rabbi David Cohen, leader of a growing La Vegas congregation.

Overseeing the temple and the new cemetery, Rabbi Cohen feels his wicked past slipping away, surprising even himself as he spouts quotes from the Old Testament. But the Mafia isn’t quite done with him—the new cemetery is being used as a money and body-laundering scheme for the Chicago family, and that rogue FBI agent on his trail, seeking vengeance for the murder of his fellow agents isn’t going to let Sal fade so easily into the desert.

Gangsterland is wickedly dark and funny. It’s a morality tale set in a desert landscape as ruthless and barren as those who inhabit it. And it’s optioned for a TV series by CBS Productions!

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 萨尔•库比蒂诺是芝加哥黑手党之中一个传奇人物，他能杀人于无形并全身而退。但一次失误使得他不得不暗杀了三名联邦调查局卧底探员。这使得诸多疑点都聚焦到了萨尔身上，为了避免牵连整个黑手党组织，萨尔同意了黑手党提出的略显偏激的做法。经过几次手术和高强度的训练，萨尔•库比蒂诺改头换面成为一个日渐壮大的拉斯维加斯集会领袖，拉比•大卫•科恩。

在拜访了诸多寺庙和新建成的墓地后，拉比觉得自己不堪回首的过往似乎已被洗净，连他自己都感到惊讶，他开始会引用一些圣经旧约中的典故。但黑手党似乎并不会如此轻易地放过他，新建成的墓地被改造成了洗黑钱和贩卖器官的场所，这使得联邦调查局循迹而来，为牺牲的同事报仇，他们也绝不会让萨尔如此轻易地隐居于沙漠之中。

《黑帮之地》很阴暗，却也很有趣，它的背景设置在狂徒躲藏的沙漠之地，揭露了人性的善良与丑恶。目前《黑帮之地》已经被CBS选定拍摄成电视连续剧！（XAT）

Awards/获奖情况：“《黑帮之地》就像一把剃刀一般锋利，但是又有许多乐趣。我非常喜欢这本书。”——李•查尔德，纽约时代畅销书作者

“《黑帮之地》人物性格复杂丰满，它的出彩之处在于从不重拳一击，从不有所隐瞒，也从不为生活的荒谬感到遗憾。”——布莱德•梅尔策，畅销书《第五个刺客》作者

“托德•哥德堡是独一无二的作家，这是他目前最优秀的作品。惊险，风趣，睿智，也够异类。《黑帮之地》具备了一部惊悚小说该具备的一切元素。”——T•杰弗逊•帕克，《全力以赴》的作者

“托德•哥德堡是我周围最有趣的作家之一，《黑帮之地》是他到目前为止最棒的作品。”——托马斯•帕里

“托德•哥德堡用细致的笔触描写了人性深度和商场智慧，记录了萨尔•库比蒂诺从一个冷血杀手到犹太教教士的惊人转变，对人性的救赎做出了审视。与众不同的故事，与众不同的声音，很出彩。”——格瑞格•赫威兹，纽约时代畅销书《不要回头》作者

“非常具有可读性，也很有趣，这是我今年读过的最棒的书！”——克雷格•约翰逊，《朗迈尔神秘事件》作者

“当我们都认为黑手党小说已无法再有所突破，托德为其注入了新鲜的血液。《黑帮之地》是今年最棒的黑手党小说，阴暗，有趣，引人入胜。读毕会使人不禁对伦理，宗教，家庭和文化作出深深的思考。我推荐这本书。”——莎拉•格兰，《克莱尔•德维特》和《波西米亚高速公路》作者

“《黑帮之地》是托德•哥德堡用其风趣深刻的风格让读者们领略了其作品的深度，也明白如果想在美国文坛上始终受欢迎，作家们需要拿出怎样的作品。没有人可以将维加斯，沙漠，黑钱，暴力行为这些元素像托德融合得这么好。我花了6个晚上一口气读完，简直欲罢不能地想知道他的下一步棋准备怎么下。”——苏珊•斯特雷特，《天堂与此地之间》作者

Recently nominated recently for the HAMMETT AWARD

Millennium Films has optioned CNN correspondent Jake Tapper’s The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor (Little Brown, 2012), with Rod Lurie (The Contender) attached to direct. The nonfiction title is about an American outpost that was attacked in Afghanistan in 2009; it chronicles how the American soldiers, who were outnumbered, prevailed against Taliban fighters. (Hollywood Reporter) The forthcoming Alpha Girls (Currency, 2019) by Julian Guthrie, about the often-unheralded women who helped build some of Silicon Valley’s biggest tech companies, has been optioned by Welle Entertainment after an auction that included several major players. The book, Deadline said, which was acquired by Crown’s Currency imprint in a sizable deal, was pitched as "Hidden Figures meets The Social Network."(Deadline)

Nonfiction title Gangsterland by Tod Goldberg (Counterpoint, 2014), about a hit man for the Chicago mob who went into the witness protection program, has been optioned by Caryn Mandabach Productions. (Publishers Marketplace)

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/page-to-screen/article/74409-book-to-film-deals-week-of-august-7-2017.html

About the Author/作者介绍： 托德的罪案小说《僵尸女孩》入围了洛杉矶时报图书奖，而《假骗子行骗记》和著名的《烧毁的通知》系列都有望被改编为电视剧。他的故事集《简单化》入围了SCIBA2006年度小说奖，获得了短篇故事奖。托德的短篇小说被刊登在许多杂志和选集中，两次获得手推车特别提名奖，并被提名2009年度最佳美国神秘小说。他的散文，报道和评论等也经常出现在许多刊物中，例如《洛杉矶时报》、《芝加哥论坛报》、《拉斯维加斯城市生活》、《沙龙》、《华尔街日报》等。托德还与朱丽叶•匹斯托尔和瑞德•斯特朗一起主持一档名为“文学迪斯科”的播客节目。

Here’s some background on our author: Tod Goldberg wrote the crime-tinged novels Living Dead Girl (Soho Press), a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Fake Liar Cheat (Pocket Books/MTV), and the popular Burn Notice series (Penguin), the basis for the TV show. He is also the author of the story collections Simplify (OV Books), a 2006 finalist for the SCIBA Award for Fiction and winner of the Other Voices Short Story Collection Prize, and Other Resort Cities (OV Books). His short fiction has appeared in numerous journals and anthologies, twice receiving Special Mention for the Pushcart Prize as well as being named a Distinguished Story of the Year in the 2009 Best American Mystery Stories. His essays, journalism, and criticism appear regularly in many publications, including the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, and Las Vegas CityLife and have been featured in Salon, Wall Street Journal, E!, and Jewcy among many others. Tod is also the cohost of the podcast Literary Disco, along with Julia Pistell and Rider Strong

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Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：Bulgarian rights sold to Soft Press Optioned by CBS for a new TV series Germany/Bertelsmann-Carl’s Books Italy/Sperling & Kupfer France/Sonatine-Super 8 UK/Titan Netherlands/Querido-Q Hungary/ Jaffa

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